Makers: Women Who Make America

Impressive
Just watched this on PBS....blown away by the thought and care that went into making it and sharing it with a world that seems to have forgotten exactly how hard many people worked so that I would EXPECT that I have the RIGHT to write this review and have it be read. THANK YOU for your work.

The production is well worth the time. Please share it with everyone you can think of.

Amazing! Everyone should see this!
I just saw this on PBS this evening and couldn't tear myself away from it. I only had fringe knowledge of this history, as I was too young to be aware of it when it was beginning, and it wasn't being discussed as I became a teen in a very conservative Southern small town - maybe too controversial or too recent to be considered "history" for study. It's an invaluable history lesson and inspiration. All women today should consider themselves indebted to those who stood up for our rights, broke barriers, and championed change. While we still have strides to make in the US, our lives are luxurious compared to women of many cultures, so it's fitting that the movement's emphasis has shifted to bettering their lives.
I'm buying this as soon as it comes out & maybe a copy for our library, too. Make sure you see this and get others to watch it too!

Outstanding!
"Makers" is a captivating production - an outstanding collection of historical footage, stories, and commentary from the late 1950's to the present, featuring the contributions of both well known and relatively unknown women. Women who, by virtue of their strength and committment to women's rights, have made major contributions to our lives. "Makers" timeline parallels my lifetime. I've often wondered if younger women have much of a sense of the struggles and persistence that has led to the myriad of opportunities for girls and women now often taken for granted. "Makers" provides a lively, engaging opportunity for those who weren't there throughout the past fifty years to get a real sense of what transpired over that time and how we got to where we now are. And, for those of us who lived the times, what a great opportunity to revisit a real revolution.

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